Debts where provider approval is suspended cancelled or varied
71G Debts where provider approval is suspended cancelled or varied
If:
an amount is paid to a provider under the family assistance law; and
before the payment is made:
the provider’s approval, or the provider’s approval in respect of a service, is suspended by operation of section 197AB; or
the provider’s approval is cancelled by operation of subsection 197L(1); or
the provider’s approval is varied to remove a service from the approval by operation of subsection 197L(3); and
because of that suspension, cancellation or variation, the recipient should not have been paid the amount;
the amount paid is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.
If:
a fee reduction amount is paid to a provider under section 67EB in relation to a session of care provided by a child care service of the provider on a day; and
after the payment is made, one of the following events occurs and takes effect on or before the day:
the provider’s approval is cancelled or suspended (other than by operation of section 197AB or subsection 197L(1));
the provider’s approval is varied to remove the service from the approval (other than by operation of subsection 197L(3));
the provider’s approval in respect of the service is suspended (other than by operation of section 197AB);
so much of the fee reduction amount as relates to the session of care is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.
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